What do children learn in history in schools?
What modules do they actually take at GCSE and A-Level?
All this, and more, in a new report for @Policy_Exchange by Zachary Marsh and me, published today.
Chart below: % state secondary schools teaching the following in KS3.
The majority of teachers are hardworking, dedicated and capable. The majority of pupils wish to achieve academically. To turn this into failure takes either ideology; incompetent leadership at many levels, or both.
*NEW post* Becoming Better People.
Do your pupils become more polite, more hard working & more responsible each year they progress through school?
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This group of Year 9 students had an unforgettable history trip to France & Belgium to bring their WWI History studies to life! ! Standing in the footsteps of soldiers & exploring the trenches offered powerful insights into the sacrifices made during the war #lestweforget
Year 8 got the chance to visit @HampCourtPal last week to bring this term's Tudor History lessons to life & reinforcing what they've learned in the classroom. They asked insightful questions & showed great enthusiasm throughout the day, doing The Elms Academy proud!
If you’re passionate about the past, and raising standards in history in the present, then perhaps your future should be with us?
Director of History applications close on Wednesday.
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”It doesn’t matter how many wonderful books you surround children with, or how engaging and exciting you make reading – if they can’t decode the words on the page, then they will fail. No one can read for pleasure if they can’t read.” Anne Glennie
WE’RE HIRING director/adviser roles in Maths, Science, History and Literacy. These SLT-level roles enable you to maintain your subject specialism and lead at scale across 50+ @UnitedLearning secondaries. See previous tweets for links, and more details here.
JOB ALERT: We're very excited to be recruiting our first ever full time LITERACY ADVISER. The successful candidate will work with our team of Subject Advisers and Regional Directors to raise standards of reading and writing in our 50+ secondary academies. https://t.co/BmVzJP1qBH
NEW POST: Mounting the defence for a knowledge-rich curriculum.
I haven't written about curriculum in years, but I think we're at a critical juncture. Those of us who believe in KR have a vested interest in supporting schools that are struggling.
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What’s the worst development in history teaching over the last fifty years?
Here’s what I think it might be, written up as a long-ish thread. It’s half an ‘old man yells at cloud’ rant and half a summary of my workshop at the #Soane24 conference.
THREAD 🧵